Example sentences of "[subord] a matter of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How the bureaucracy relates to the ruling class is more than a matter of origins . |
| 2 | It was more than a matter of dress and style . |
| 3 | For example , in applying the first criterion — logicality — belief in God is held by religious people to be more than a matter of logic . |
| 4 | For Origen that was no more than a matter of tactics in controversy , not one of principle . |
| 5 | Shrewsbury will never be Welsh again for more than a matter of days , and Llewelyn has the wit to recognise it . |
| 6 | Doubt now is much more than a matter of uncertainty . |
| 7 | A decision to purchase new curtains is more than a matter of taste ; it is also a financial decision . |
| 8 | Here the notion of femininity is a more social one , rather than a matter of personality characteristics ; it entails social actions of particular varieties which are not simply dependent upon the person being gentle rather than aggressive . |
| 9 | And yet the thing had been in place for probably no more than a matter of weeks . |
| 10 | UNITA was said to have continued to shell the eastern town of Luena , and to have launched attacks in other places , until a matter of hours before the ceasefire came into effect . |
| 11 | It was his misfortune to envisage every such encounter as a matter of life and death , though by now he should have been used to anticlimax , and to the survival and tenacity of both parties to fight another day . |
| 12 | This might appear contrary to the idea of keeping systems thinking and real-world aspects separate , but it can provide a compromise that ensures that progress can be made ; however , such compromises should be recognised as such and not made as a matter of course . |
| 13 | Serious Koi-keepers should have such a system installed as a matter of course , for if a fish falls sick in winter it will need to be gradually warmed up until its immune system again begins to function , and until the water temperature is high enough for medication to be effective . |
| 14 | In practice the onus is on the plaintiff to obtain the police report and it should be borne in mind that the police destroy such reports as a matter of course after a relatively short period . |
| 15 | For such activity can , as a matter of logic , only occur in a real country with a real postal system allowing epistolary communication between businesses , friends , relatives , parent and child , husband and wife , MP and constituent , etc , etc . |
| 16 | All the solicitors were unanimous in stressing that any solicitors dealing with such claims should , as a matter of urgency , contact the Law Society 's Multi-Party Co-ordination Service to register their instructions and receive essential information regarding the US action . |